For the last few days, I’ve been living with the Neonode, the closest thing in the market from anyone — including Apple — to what we are likely to see when the iPhone Nano comes out in a few months. Given that this is a generation-two phone, you wonder how many other similar ideas Apple may have “borrowed” from the generation-one Neonode product.
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Cell Phone Ring Tone Sales Top $3 Billion
The worldwide sale of ring tones, which started as a marketing gimmick for music labels and mobile phone companies, is roughly equivalent to 10 percent of the $32.2 billion global music market.
Replacing the standard phone ring with a few bars from Elvis or a favorite TV show was first popularized by tech-savvy teenagers in the late 1990s.
The subsequent success of ring tones is a rare bit of good news for the music industry which has been stung by Internet piracy and fickle fans who would rather spend their money on video games than compact discs.
Quakcon 2003 coverage
Quote from the Quakcon report at HardOCP:
“Gathering a cult following over the course of the last few years, QuakeCon has quickly become the Woodstock of the Computer Gaming community. Once a year, thousands of gamers migrate towards Dallas, Texas armed with the latest hardware and enough caffeine to wake Elvis for one last show. As each year passes, the show has grown by leaps and bounds. This year proved to be no exception as organizers saw an incredible response for registration. With over 2000 BYOC attendees and over 5500 total registrants, 2003 was by far the largest QuakeCon yet. Fortunately, those running the event had enough foresight to bring QuakeCon to a new venue. This year, the event was held at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Downtown Dallas. Those who attended our Winter [H]ardware Workshop will be very familiar with this venue as it was the location of the event last December. Having QuakeCon at this venue ensured that space would not be an issue and that gamers would be fragging in the lap of luxury throughout the weekend.”
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